Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014) ay documentary film na ipinapakita yung

mga itinatagong illegal works ng mga people who we trust to be our leaders or the people who
are our way to improve or restore our ecosystem. Sa documentary film, napakita na the guy
named Kip got inspired by the film of the former president ng U.S., who was Al Gore, through
his film he voiced out the reality of climate change nowadays which includes the causes, effects
and the possible solutions that we could do to actually slowly reverse climate change. So, Kip
got inspired of Al Gore that he started to actually do the simple little things a person could do to
counteract climate change, which were showering at a small period of time, segregating garbage,
riding a bike for transportation instead of cars which what we know as the main contributor of
greenhouse gas emissions, and saving electricity. However, a comment in a Facebook post
caught his attention, it was from his friend, and when he clicked the link, he was linked to an
article about how rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases, which was at 18%, than the
things that we know cause greenhouse gases like cars emissions with a percentage of 13%. With
that, he started to research about the effects of cattle on the environment which lead him to an
article na ang content ay the role of livestock in water depletion and pollution. It showed that
cattle actually consumes a lot of water, where in U.S. raising a livestock requires 34 trillion
gallons of water in a year which was compared to the 100 billion gallons of water used by the
hydraulic equipment for natural gas.

In this documentary film, it included interviews of people who are involved or working
under organizations or departments related to the issue concerned such as water consumption,
water conservation, environmental (add more). Nagulat yung guy when he found out that a
quarter pound hamburger can be made using over 660 gallons of water which was equals sa 2
months of showering. Because of the things or information Kip found out, nagsimula siyang
magresearch about the organizations who are advocates for water conservation such as the Save
Our Water and nakita niya doon na animal agriculture was never mentioned as the main reason
for water depletion or pollution and that the number of gallons they suggested we save a day was
not even close to the 660 gallons of water a quarter pound burger uses.

He was really intrigued because when he interviewed a couple of people in the

governments department of water something, because they knew how animal agriculture is
actually the main reason of water depletion and pollution but the government is set up to not tell
the world about it. Na-curious pa siya why the government is hiding about it or not talking about
it, so when he dug deeper, Nakita niya na animal agriculture is also actually the main reason of
greenhouse gas emissions rather than human induced activities.

With this information it led him to interview a few people who is actually knowledgeable
of this fact, and how they were aware na the government or the big organizations are actually
manipulating people in such a way that they are hiding the truth and turning blind eye para sa
ikabubuti nila. Itong government and organizations are actually pointing the blame to people
because they know that it will be difficult for them to actually reveal the truth to the people that
animal agriculture is the main reason. I think and according to a food author, they are hiding it
because consumption of meat is actually increasing that people nowadays are gorging meat so it
will be a loss to actually fight or more like question people on their consumption of meat.

He also found out about the effect of animal agriculture to the rainforest, which was then
again being hidden to the public, as what we do all know it is because of deforestation for mega
projects however the main use for deforestation was actually for animal agriculture feed crops. It
was stated by a worker of Amazon Watch that the people in Brazil who reveals the truth about
the effects animal agriculture are actually hunted down by the industry of animal agriculture
which was why hindi ginareveal yung totoo. He was able to interview a few more people who
added information about the negative impacts of animal agriculture. One interviewee said that
the main producers or big producers of meat are actually aiming to grow bigger for them to be
able to have strong political power and change the federal policies.

He was also able to interview an old worker, which if I’m not mistaken resigned, of a big
organization who advocates for the betterment of the environment. This man spoke of the truth
on how the organizations are turning blind eye of the truth. He was also able to interview a man
who revealed the truth about animal agriculture who was sued by the animal agriculture industry.
He stated that if Kip doesn’t want to risk his life, he should actually drop his camera. With this it
came to my mind, how the film producer backed out of this documentary due to the great issue
this film holds.

With all the information Kip was able to acquire he came to the greatest and most
possible way to actually not support the consumption or production of meat, which was to be
vegan, which according to a physician who was a vegan himself stated that being vegan doesn’t
make a person consume less of the nutrients he needs. That he a vegan is still ale to work all day,
be strong, and a vegan woman he knows was actually able to give birth to a healthy baby.

One of the many things in the movie that had a great impact on me was the part na gi-
reveal ng people na he interviewed, na the organizations we support and trust to be the leaders
who will inspire us or guide us in helping the environment are actually manipulating us or
betraying us sa paraan na they turn blind eye or they hide what the actual truth is.

In my opinion the only lie that I could see was actually the fact that he would or was not
able to uphold his principles in helping the environment. Alam ko na maliit na bagay lamang ito
at alam ko din na walang tao ang perpekto. Ito lamang ang nakikita kong kasinungalingan dahil
suportado ang kanyang mga pinagsasabi ng mga articles at authorized and knowledgeable people
in the area of concern.

I think that the film lacks the opinion of a normal citizen who is not knowledgeable of
this information. Specifically, those who are avid supporters of organizations that was mentioned
or was shown in the film.

This documentary is important kasi first of all it affects the environment and according to
Nightingale the mother of nursing, in her Environmental Theory, she identified environmental
factors that could affect the health of a person especially those who are suffering or recovering
from an illness. These factors are fresh air, which the animal agriculture affects through high
greenhouse gas emission and deforestation, pure water, which the animal agriculture affects with
its wastes, efficient drainage, cleanliness, and light. Basically, the environment that we live in
right now is not in a condition to actually be of help in our health but more of a contributor to the
negative effect of our health.

If I am a film director, I would like to include